Outstanding Publications

Kondo screening in a charge-insulating spinon metal

A. Matavž, A. Benčan, J. Kovač, C.C. Chung, J.L. Jones, S. Trolier-McKinstry, B. Malič, V. Bobnar, Additive manufacturing of ferroelectric-oxide thin-film multilayer devices. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (2019) 45155.

B. Senyuk, J. Aplinc, M. Ravnik, I. I. Smalyukh, High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms. Nature Communications 10 (2019) art. no. 1825, doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09777-8.

S. Čopar, J. Aplinc, Ž. Kos, S. Žumer, M. Ravnik, Topology of three-dimensional active nematic turbulence confined to droplets. Physical Review X 9 (2019) 031051-1-031051-13.

J. Pollard, G. Posnjak, S. Čopar, I. Muševič, G. P. Alexander. Point defects, topological chirality and singularity theory in cholesteric liquid-crystal droplets. Physical Review X 9 (2019) 021004-1-021004-19.

A. P. Almeida, J. Canejo, U. Mur, S. Čopar, P. Almeida, S. Žumer. M. H. Godinho, Spotting plants' microfilament morphologies and nanostructures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (2019) 13188-13193.

T. Emeršič, R. Zhang, Ž. Kos, S. Čopar, N. Osterman, J. J. de Pablo, U. Tkalec, Sculpting stable structures in pure liquids. Science Advances 5 (2019) art. no. eaav4283.

E. Sezgin, F. Schneider, S. Galiani, I. Urbančič, D. Waithe, B. Lagerholm, B. Christoffer, Ch. Eggeling, Measuring nanoscale diffusion dynamics in cellular membranes with super-resolution STED-FCS. Nature protocols 14 (2019) 1054–1083.

J. Steinkühler, E. Sezgin, I. Urbančič, Ch. Eggeling, R. Dimova, Mechanical properties of plasma membrane vesicles correlate with lipid order, viscosity and cell density. Communications Biology 2 (2019) 337–1–337–8

N. Janša, A. Zorko, M. Gomilšek, M. Pregelj, K.W. Krämer, D. Biner, A. Biffin, C. Rüegg, M. Klanjšek. Observation of two types of fractional excitation in the Kitaev honeycomb magnet. Nature Physics 14, (2018), 786-790.

P. Adler, P. Jeglič, T. Knaflič, M. Komelj, D. Arčon, et al. Verwey-type charge ordering transition in an open-shell p-electron compound. Science Advances 4, (2018), eaap7581.

S. Gao, S. Vrtnik, J. Luzar, et al. Dipolar spin ice states with a fast monopole hopping rate in CdEr2X4 (X=Se, S). Physical Review Letters 120 (2018), 137201.

Yu. O. Zagorodniy, B. Zalar et al. Chemical disorder and 207Pb hyperfine fields in the magnetoelectric multiferroic Pb(Fe1/2Sb1/2)O3 and its solid solution with Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3. Physical Review Materials 2 (2018), 014401.

J. Dolinšek. Electronic transport properties of complex intermetallics. Crystal growth of intermetallics, Eds. P. Gille, Yu. Grin (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018), 260-278.

Pramanick, A., Dmowski, W., Egami, T. I., Setiadi Budisuharto, A., Weyland, F., Novak, N., Christianson, A., Borreguero, J. M., Abernathy, D., Jørgensen, M. R. V. Stabilization of Polar Nanoregions in Pb-free Ferroelectrics. Physical Review Letters 120 (2018), 207603.

Guillamat, Pau, Kos, Žiga, Hardoüin, Jérôme, Ignés-Mullol, Jordi, Ravnik, Miha, Sagués, Francesc. Active nematic emulsions. Science Advances 4 (2018), 2375-2548.

Urbančič, Iztok, Garvas, Maja, Kokot, Boštjan, Majaron, Hana, Umek, Polona, Škarabot, Miha, Arsov, Zoran, Koklič, Tilen, Čeh, Miran, Muševič, Igor, Štrancar, Janez, et al. Nanoparticles can wrap epithelial cell membranes and relocate them across the epithelial cell layer. Nano Letters 18 (2018), 5294-5305.

Aničić, Nemanja, Vukomanović, Marija, Koklič, Tilen, Suvorov, Danilo. Fewer defects in the surface slows the hydrolysis rate, decreases the ROS generation potential, and improves the Non-ROS antimicrobial activity of MgO. Small 14 (2018), 1800205.

Santos, Ana Mafalda, Urbančič, Iztok, et al. Capturing resting T cells: the perils of PLL. Nature Immunology 19 (2018), 203-205.

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M. Klanjšek, A. Zorko, R. Žitko, J. Mravlje, Z. Jagličić, P. K. Biswas, P. Prelovšek, D. Mihailović, D. Arčon. A high-temperature quantum spin liquid with polaron spins.  Nature Physics 13 (2017), 1130–1134.

Y. Takabayashi, M. Menelaou, H. Tamura, N. Takemori, T. Koretsune, A. Štefančič, G. Klupp, A.J.C. Buurma, Y. Nomura, R. Arita, D. Arčon, M. J. Rosseinsky, K. Prassides. π-electron S = ½ quantum spin-liquid state in an ionic polyaromatic hydrocarbon. Nature Chemistry 9 (2017), 635–643.

B. Rožič, J. Fresnais, C. Molinaro, J. Calixte, S. Umadevi, S. Lau-Truong, N. Felidj, T. Kraus, F. Charra, V. Dupuis, T. Hegmann, C. Fiorini-Debuisschert, B. Gallas, E.  Lacaze. Oriented gold nanorods and gold nanorod chains within smectic liquid crystal topological defects. ACS Nano 11 (2017), 6728–6738.

A. Zorko, M. Herak, M. Gomilšek, J. van Tol, M. Velázquez, P. Khuntia, F. Bert, P. Mendels. Symmetry reduction in the quantum Kagome antiferromagnet Herbertsmithite.  Physical Review Letters 118 (2017), 017202.

M. Gomilšek, M. Klanjšek, R. Žitko, M. Pregelj, F. Bert, P. Mendels, Y. Li, Q. M. Zhang, A. Zorko. Field-induced instability of a gapless spin liquid with a spinon Fermi surface. Physical Review Letters 119 (2017), 137205.

L. Giomi, Ž. Kos, M. Ravnik, and A. Sengupta. Cross-talk between topological defects in different fields revealed by nematic microfluidics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (2017), E5771-E5777.

S. M. Hasheimi, U. Jagodič, M. R. Mozaffari, M. R. Ejtehadi, I. Muševič, and M. Ravnik. Fractal nematic colloids. Nature Communications 8 (2017), 12106.

G. Posnjak, S. Čopar and I. Muševič. Hidden topological constellations and polyvalent charges in chiral nematic droplets. Nature Communications 8 (2017), 14594.

A. Nych, Jun-ichi Fukuda, U. Ognysta, S. Žumer, I. Muševič. Spontaneous formation and dynamics of half-skyrmions in a chiral liquid-crystal film. Nature Physics 13 (2017), 1215.

E. Sezgin, F. Schneider, V. Zilles, I. Urbančič, E. Garcia, D. Waithe, A. S. Klymchenko, C. Eggeling. Polarity-Sensitive Probes for Superresolution Stimulated Emission Depletion Microscopy. Biophysical Journal 113 (2017), 1321-1330.

M. Kranjc, S. Kranjc, F. Bajd, G. Serša, I. Serša, D. Miklavčič. Predicting irreversible electroporation-induced tissue damage by means of magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography. Scientific Reports 7 (2017), 1-10.

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 A. Rešetič, J. Milavec, B. Zupančič, V. Domenici, B. Zalar. Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal elastomers. Nature Communications 7 (2016), 13140.

M. Jeong, M. Klanjšek et al. Dichotomy between attractive and repulsive tomonaga-luttinger liquids in spin ladders. Physical Review Letters 117 (2016), 106402.

F. E. Annanouch, P. Umek et al. Aerosol-assisted CVD-grown PdO nanoparticle-decorated tungsten oxide nanoneedles extremely sensitive and selective to hydrogen. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8 (2016), 10413.

H. Uršič, V. Bobnar, B. Malič, C. Filipič, M. Vrabelj, S. Drnovšek, Jo Younghun, M. Wencka, Z. Kutnjak. A multicaloric material as a link between electrocaloric and magnetocaloric refrigeration. Scientific Reports 6 (2016), 26629.

M. Igarashi, P. Jeglič, A. Kranjc, R. Žitko, T. Nakano, Y. Nozue, D. Arčon. Metal-to-insulator crossover in alkali doped zeolite. Scientific Reports 6 (2016), 18682.

G. Posnjak, S. Čopar, I. Muševič. Points, skyrmions and torons in chiral nematic droplets.  Scientific Reports 6 (2016), 26361.

L. E. Aguirre, A. de Oliveira, D. Seč, S. Čopar, P. L. Almeida, M. Ravnik, M. H. Godinho, S. Žumer. Sensing surface morphology of biofibers by decorating spider silk and cellulosic filaments with nematic microdroplets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 (2016), 1174.

S. Nizamoglu, M. Humar et al. Bioabsorbable polymer optical waveguides for deep-tissue photomedicine.  Nature Communications 7 (2016), 10374.

S. Cho, M. Humar, N. Martino, S. H. Yun. Laser Particle Stimulated Emission Microscopy. Physical Review Letter 117 (2016), 193902.

B. Nitzsche, E. Dudek, L. Hajdo, A. A. Kasprzak, A. Vilfan, S. Diez. Working stroke of the kinesin-14, ncd, comprises two substeps of different direction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 (2016), E6582.

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M. Pregelj, A. Zorko, O. Zaharko, H. Nojiri, H. Berger, L. Chapon, D. Arčon. Spin-stripe phase in a frustrated zigzag spin-1/2 chain. Nature Communications 6, 7255(2015).

M. Klanjšek, D. Arčon, A. Sans, P. Adler, M. Jansen, C. Felser. Phonon-modulated magnetic interactions and spin Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid in the p-orbital antiferromagnet CsO2. Physical Review Letters 115, 057205(2015).

R. H. Zadik, A. Potočnik, P. Jeglič, D. Arčon, et al. Optimized unconventional superconductivity in a molecular Jahn-Teller metal. Science Advances 1, e1500059(2015).

M. Pregelj, A. Zorko, M. Gomilšek, et al. Controllable broadband absorption in the mixed phase of metamagnets. Advanced Functional Materials 25, 3634 (2015).

M. Nikkhou, M. Škarabot, S. Čopar, M. Ravnik, S. Žumer, I. Muševič.  Light-controlled topological charge in a nematic liquid crystal. Nature Physics 11, 183 (2015).

S. Čopar, U. Tkalec, I. Muševič, S. Žumer. Knot theory realizations in nematic colloids. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 112, 1675 (2015).

R. Podlipec, J. Štrancar. Cell-scaffold adhesion dynamics measured in first seconds predicts cell growth on days scale - optical tweezers study. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7, 6782(2015).

T. Koklič, R. Chattopadhyay, R. Majumder, B. R. Lenz. Factor Xa dimerization competes with prothrombinase complex formation on platelet-like membrane surfaces. Biochemical Journal 467, 37(2015).

Z. Arsov, U. Švajger, J. Mravljak, S. Pajk, A. Kotar, I. Urbančič, J. Štrancar, M. Anderluh. Internalization and accumulation in dendritic cells of a small pH-activatable glycomimetic fluorescent probe as revealed by spectral detection. ChemBioChem 16, 2660(2015).

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A. Zorko, O. Adamopoulos, M. Komelj, D. Arčon, A. Lappas. Frustration-induced nanometre-scale inhomogeneity in a triangular antiferromagnet. Nature Comms 5, 3222 (2014).

P. Koželj, S. Vrtnik, A. Jelen, S. Jazbec, Z. Jagličić, S. Maiti, M. Feuerbacher, W. Steurer, J. Dolinšek. Discovery of a superconducting high-entropy alloy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 107001 (2014).

R. Pirc, B. Rožič, J. Koruza, B. Malič, Z. Kutnjak. Negative electrocaloric effect in antiferroelectric PbZrO₃. Europhysics Letters 107, 17002-1-5(2014).

A. Martinez, M. Ravnik, B. Lucero, R. Visvanathan, S. Žumer, and I.I. Smalyukh. Mutually tangled colloidal knots and induced defect loops in nematic fields, Nature Mater. 13, 258-263 (2014).

D. Seč, S. Čopar and S. Žumer. Topological zoo of free-standing knots in confined chiral nematic fluids, Nature Comms. 5, 3057 (2014).

J. Dontabhaktuni, M. Ravnik and S. Žumer. Quasicrystalline tilings with nematic colloidal platelets, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111, 2464 (2014).

S. Čopar. Topology and geometry of nematic braids, Phys. Rep. 538, 1-37 (2014).

A. Vilfan. Myosin directionality results from coupling between ATP hydrolysis, lever motion, and actin binding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111, E2076 (2014).

Urbančič, I., Ljubetič, A. & Štrancar, J. Resolving Internal Motional Correlations to Complete the Conformational Entropy Meter. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 3593–3600 (2014).

Podlipec, R. et al. Molecular Mobility of Scaffolds’ Biopolymers Influences Cell Growth. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6, 15980–15990 (2014).

Mikhaylov, G. et al. Selective targeting of tumor and stromal cells by a nanocarrier system displaying lipidated cathepsin B inhibitor. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed Engl. 53, 10077–10081 (2014).

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S. Vallejos, P. Umek, T. Stoycheva, F. Annanouch,  E. Llobert, X. Correig, P. de Marco, C. Bittencourt, Ch. Blackman. Single-step deposition of Au- and Pt-nanoparticle-functionalized tungsten oxide nanoneedles synthesized via aerosol-assisted CVD, and used for fabrication of selective gas microsensor arrays. Advanced Functional Materials 23, 1313-1322(2013).

A. Gradišek, D. Bomholdtravnsbaek, S. Vrtnik, A. Kocjan, J. Lužnik, T. Apih, T. Jensen, A. V. Skripov, J. Dolinšek. NMR study of molecular dynamics in complex metal borohydride LiZn₂ BH₄₅. Journal Phys. Chem. C  117, 21139-21147(2013).

M. Pregelj, A. Zorko, O. Zaharko, P. Jeglič, Z. Kutnjak, Z. Jagličič, S. Jazbec, H. Luetkens, A. D. Hillier, H. Berger, D. Arčon. Multiferroicity in the geometrically frustrated FeTe₂ O₅Cl. Phys. Rev. B 88, 224421-1- 10(2013).

A. Nych, U. Ognysta, M. Škarabot, M. Ravnik, S. Žumer, I. Muševič. Assembly and control of 3D nematic dipolar colloidal crystals. Nature Communications 4, 1489-1-8 (2013) doi: 10.1038/ncomms2486. 2013.

V. S. R. Jampani, M. Škarabot, S. Čopar, S. Žumer, I. Muševič. Chirality screening and metastable states in chiral nematic colloids. Phys. Rev. Lett.110, 177801-1-5(2013).

S. Novak, D. Drobne, L. Vaccari, M. P. Kiskinova, P. Ferraris, G. Birarda, M. Remškar, M. Hočevar. Effect of ingested tungsten oxide (WO_X) nanofibers on digestive gland tissue of Porcellio scaber (Isopoda, Crustacea) : fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging. Env. Sci. & Tech. 47, 11284-11292(2013).

F. Bajd, I. Serša. Mathematical modeling of blood clot fragmentation during flow-mediated thrombolysis. Bioph. Journal 104, 1181-1190(2013).

I. Urbančič, A. Ljubetič, Z. Arsov, J. Štrancar. Coexistence of probe conformations in lipid phases : a polarized fluorescence microspectroscopy study. Bioph. Journa 105 919-927(2013).

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P. Guttmann, S. Rembein, C. Bittencourt, P. Umek, Xi. Ke, G. van Tandeloo, Ch. P. Ewels, G. Schneider , Nanoscale  spectroscopy with polarized X-rays by NEXAFS-TXM. Nature Photonics, 6 (2012), 25–29

J. Dolinšek, Electrical and thermal transport properties of icosahedral and decagonal quasicrystals. Chem. Soc. Rev., 41 (2012), 6730–6744

M. Pregelj, A. Zorko, O. Zaharko, D. Arčon,M. Komelj, A. D. Hillier, H. Berger, Persistent spin dynamics Intrinsic  to amplitude-modulated long-range magnetic order. Phys. Rev. Lett., 109 (2012), 227202-1–5

N. Novak, R. Pirc, M. Wencka, Z. Kunnjak, High-resolution calorimetric study of PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 single crystal. Phys. Rev. Lett., 109 (2012), 037601-1–5

B. Zupančič, S. Diez-Berart, D. Finotello, O. D. Lavrentovich, B. Zalar. Photoisomerization-controlled phase

segregation in a submicron confined azonematic liquid crystal. Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 (2012), 257801-1–5

A. Vilfan. Optimal shapes of surface slip driven self-propelled microswimmers. Phys. Rev. Lett., 109 (2012),

S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Klanjšek, Quantum-critical spin dynamics in quasi-one-dimensional antiferromagnets,

W. S. Hwang, M. Remškar. Transistors with chemically synthesized layered semiconductor WS2 exhibiting 105 room temperature modulation and ambipolar behavior. Appl. Phys. Lett., 101 (2012), 013107-1–4

M. Essone Mezeme, M. Kranjc, F. Bajd, I. Serša, Ch. Brosseau, D. Miklavčič. Assessing how electroporation affects the effective conductivity tensor of biological tissues. Appl. Phys. Lett., 101 (2012), 1–4

F. Bajd, J. Vidmar, A. Fabjan, A. Blinc, E. Kralj, N. Bizjak, I. Serša. Impact of altered venous hemodynamic

conditions on the formation of platelet layers in thromboemboli. Thromb. Res., 129 (2012), 158–163

A. Zorko, P. Jeglič, A. Potočnik, D. Arčon, A. Balčytis, Z. Jagličić, X. Liu, A. L. Tchougreeff, A. L. Dronskowski, Unconventional magnetism in a nitrogen-containing analog of cupric oxide. Phys. Rev. Lett., 107 (2011), 047208

A. Zorko, M. Pregelj, A. Potočnik, J. van Tol, A. Ozarowski, V. Simonet, P. Lejay, S. Petit, and R. Ballou, Role of antisymmetric exchange in selecting magnetic chirality in Ba3NbFe3Si2O14. Phys. Rev. Lett., 107 (2011), 257203

S. Vallejos, T. Stoycheva, P. Umek, C. Navio, R. Snyders, C. Bittencourt, E. Llobet, C. Blackman, S. Moniz, X.Corrieg, Au nanoparticle-functionalised WO3 nanoneedles and their application in high sensitivity gas sensor devices. Chem. Commun. (Lond., 1996), 47 (2011), 565

S. Kashimoto, A. Kocjan, Z. Jagličić, S. Jazbec, H. Iga, T. Ishimasa, J. Dolinšek, Magnetic properties of σ and hexagonal-Mn76Si18Cr6 approximant phases of a dodecagonal quasicrystal. Phys. Rev. B, 84 (2011), 224201

M. Loire, V. Simonet, S. Petit, K. Marty, P. Bordet, P. Lejay, J. Ollivier, M. Enderle, P. Steffens, E. Ressouche, A. Zorko, R. Ballou. Parity-broken chiral spin dynamics in Ba3NbFe3Si2O. Phys. Rev. Lett.,106 (2011), 207201

G. Mikhaylov, U. Mikac, A. A. Magneva, I. V. Itin, E. P. Naiden, I. S. Psakhye, L. Babe, T. Reinheckel, C. Peters, R. Zeiser, M. Bogyo, V. Turk, S. G. Psahkye, B. Turk, O. Vasiljeva. Ferri-liposomes as an MRI-visible drug-delivery system for targeting tumours and their microenvironment. Nature Nanotechnology, 6 (2011), 594

J. Fukuda, S. Žumer. Quasi-two-dimensional Skyrmion lattices in a chiral nematic liquid crystal. Nature

J. Fukuda, S. Žumer. Ring defects in a strong confined chiral liquid crystal. Phys. Rev. Lett., 106 (2011), 097801 Letno poročilo IJS 2012 81, Odsek za fiziko trdne snovi F-5

S. Čopar, S. Žumer. Nematic braids: topological invariants and rewiring of disclinations. Phys. Rev. Lett., 106 (2011), 177801

M. Ravnik, G. P. Alexander, J. M. Yeomans, S. Žumer. Three-dimensional colloidal crystals in liquid crystalline blue phases. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 108 (2011), 5188

U. Tkalec, M. Ravnik, S. Čopar, S. Žumer, I. Muševič, Reconfigurable knots and links in chiral nematic colloids.

N. Osterman, A. Vilfan, Finding the ciliary beating pattern with optimal efficiency. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.

I. Muševič, S. Žumer. Liquid crystals : maximizing memory. Nature Materials, 10 (2011), 266